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SACRAMENTO — State lawmakers have hired retired Sacramento appeals court justice Arthur Scotland to sue Controller John Chiang over his decision to briefly withhold legislators' pay during a
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Cal.Sup.Ct. S186661 The California Supreme Court reversed a decision of the court of appeal. The court held that the circumstances surrounding an assailant’s single dea
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WASHINGTON — When legendary appeals judge Learned Hand did not like how the U.S. Supreme Court disposed of one of his cases in 1954, he protested privately to Justice Felix Frankfurter.
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SAN FRANCISCO Overruling a 78-year-old precedent, the California Supreme Court on Monday made it easier for parties to a written contract to claim it was tainted by fraud. The u
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SAN FRANCISCO Ronald Deere killed his girlfriend's brother-in-law and two children, then told his trial lawyers not to defend him. He wanted to die for his crimes. Thirty years
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Long before Jeffrey Ford became James Diesso's cellmate, prison guards called Diesso a "predator."Diesso had attacked other inmates and guards on 11 occasions while in prison, and he s
By Sara Randazzo | May 4, 2012
Though Dewey & LeBoeuf leaders spent much of the week publicly denying that they a
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U.S. Sup. Ct.12-17Virginias Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) grants Virginia citizens access to all public records, but grants no such right to nonVirginians. Petition
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9th Cir. 10-15821 The court of appeals reversed a judgment of the district court in part, vacated in part and remanded. The court vacated denial of an incarcerated individual&rsquo
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WASHINGTON The first sign of how big Tuesday's Supreme Court arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry would be was visible even before the justices took to the benc
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